HIREADME.txt explains the layout of HI.csv (csv signifies a comma separated variable file). These files 
contain Hawaii precinct election matched with racial data from the 2000 U.S. Census.

Use and Attribution: All data are free and may be distributed as long as no charge is imposed and
this readme file is included with the data.  If you use the data, please include this citation: David
Lublin and D. Stephen Voss. 2001.  "Federal Elections Project." American University,
Washington, DC and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.  We would greatly appreciate it
if you would mail us hard copies of any paper written utilizing these data sets. You can send
copies to: David Lublin, Department of Government, School of Public Affairs, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016. 

Funding for the Federal Elections Project was provided by the Political Science Program of the
Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation (Award
#99-85999).

Geography Identification:
STFIPS is the State FIPS Code (15 for HI)
CTYFIPS is the County FIPS Code
COUNTY is the County name
HIDIST is a vtd/precinct categorization number (note the same initial number as the VTD variable)
NAME is the name of the precinct.
PRECINCT is the precinct number.
VTD is the voter tabulation district.
CD is the Congressional District.
SD state senate district
HD  State House District

Vote for President:
GORE is votes for Al Gore (DEMOCRAT).
BUCHANAN is votes for Pat Buchanan (REFORM).
BUSH is votes for George W. Bush (REPUBLICAN).
PHILLIPS is votes for Howard Phillips (CONSTITUTION).
NADER is votes for Ralph Nader (GREEN).
BROWNE is votes for Harry Browne (LIBERTARIAN).
HAGELIN is votes for John Hagelin (NATURAL LAW).
HARRIS is votes for James Harris (SOCIALIST Workers).

Vote for U.S. Senate:
SENDEM is votes for the DEMOCRATIC candidate
AKAKA, Daniel K.
SENREP is votes for the REPUBLICAN candidate
CARROLL, John
SENLIB is votes for the LIBERTARIAN candidate
MALLAN, Lloyd Jeffrey
SENNL is votes for the NATURAL LAW party candidate.
CLEGG, Lauri A.

Vote for U.S. House:
CONGREP is votes for the REPUBLICAN candidate
	ABERCROMBIE, Neil DISTRICT 1
	FRANCIS, Russ DISTRICT 2
CONGDEM is votes for the DEMOCRATIC candidate
	MEYERS, Phil DISTRICT 1
	MINK, Patsy Takemoto DISTRICT 2
CONGOTHER is votes for independent/third party candidates
	MURPHY, Jerry DISTRICT 1
	DUCHESNE, Lawrence for DISTRICT 2

Vote for State Senate:
SSDEM is votes for the state senate DEMOCRATIC candidate
	MATSUURA, David M. DISTRICT 2
	LEVIN, Andrew (Andy) DISTRICT 3
	ENGLISH, J. Kalani DISTRICT 5
	JOYNER, Marsha R. DISTRICT 8
	MATSUNAGA, Matt DISTRICT 9
	TANIGUCHI, Brian T. DISTRICT 11
	FUKUNAGA, Carol DISTRICT 12
	KIM, Donna Mercado DISTRICT 15
	KANNO, Brian DISTRICT 20
	NALUA'I, Solomon D.K. DISTRICT 24
	KALIMA, Leona Mapuana DISTRICT 25
SSREP is votes for the state senate REPUBLICAN candidate
	O'LEARY, Paul (Bow Tie Guy) DISTRICT 2
	FUJIKAWA, Earl DISTRICT 3
	SHISHIDO, Allen T. DISTRICT 5
	SLOM, Sam DISTRICT 8
	CHUN, Theresa DISTRICT 9
	FULTON, Billy L. DISTRICT 11
	PETERSON, Aaron R. DISTRICT 12
	MINA, Ed DISTRICT 15
	MAKINI, Henry L. (Hank) DISTRICT 20
	HOGUE, Bob DISTRICT 24
	HEMMINGS, Fred DISTRICT 25
SSLIB state senate LIBERTARIAN THODE, Wade A.[D 20]

Senate Districts 14, 16, and 18  were uncontested.
	OAKLAND, Suzanne Chun (D) DISTRICT 14
	SAKAMOTO, Norman (D) DISTRICT 16
	MENOR, Ron (D) DISTRICT 18
Note: The State Senate has staggered terms, and 12
of the districts were not subject to election in 2000.

Vote for State House:
SHDEM is votes for state house DEMOCRATIC candidate
SHREP is votes for state house REPUBLICAN candidate
SHLIB is votes for state house LIBERTARIAN candidate
SHOTH is votes for state house OTHER candidate

State House districts 1, 2, 3, 6, 16, 17, 23,
28, 31, 33, 34, 37, 49	were uncontested.

TAKAMINE, Dwight Y. (D) DISTRICT 1
CHANG, Jerry L. (D) DISTRICT 2
HAMAKAWA, Eric G. (D) DISTRICT 3
RATH, Jim (R) DISTRICT 6
LEONG, Bertha F. K. (R) DISTRICT 16
MARUMOTO, Barbara C. (R) DISTRICT 17
CASE, Ed (D) DISTRICT 23
ARAKAKI, Dennis A. (D) DISTRICT 28
SUZUKI, Nathan (D) DISTRICT 31
OKAMURA, Tom (D) DISTRICT 33
TAKAI, K. Mark (D) DISTRICT 34
GARCIA, Nestor R. (D) DISTRICT 37
THIELEN, Cynthia H. (R) DISTRICT 49

Votes for Constitutional Amendments:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT: UH SELF GOVERNANCE
A1NO is votes against University of Hawaii self-governance
A1YES is votes for University of Hawaii self-governance
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT: APPOINT TAX REVIEW COMMISSION
A2NO is votes against appointing a tax review commission
A2Yes is votes for appointing a tax review commission
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT: STAGGERED SENATE TERMS
A3NO is votes against staggered Senate terms
A3YES is votes for staggered Senate terms

2000 U.S. Census Racial Data:
TOTP is the total population.

Non-Hispanics:
NHWH is the number of non-Hispanic Whites (single-race only).
NHBL is the number of non-Hispanic Blacks (single-race only).
NHNT is the number of non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives (single-race only).
NHAS is the number of non-Hispanic Asians (single-race only).
NHPC is the number of non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (single-race only).
NHOT is the number of non-Hispanics of any other race (single-race only).
NHW_B is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Black races.
NHW_N is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
NHW_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Asian races.
NHW_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHW_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and some other race.
NHB_N is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
NHB_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Asian races.
NHB_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHB_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and some other race.
NHN_A is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races.
NHN_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHN_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race.
NHA_P is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
NHA_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and some other race.
NHP_O is the number of non-Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race.
NHPL3 is the number of non-Hispanics of three or more races.

Hispanics:
HWH is the number of Hispanic Whites (single-race only).
HBL is the number of Hispanic Blacks (single-race only).
HNT is the number of Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives (single-race only).
HAS is the number of Hispanic Asians (single-race only).
HPC is the number of Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (single-race only).
HOT is the number of Hispanics of any other race (single-race only).
HW_B is the number of Hispanics of both White and Black races.
HW_N is the number of Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
HW_A is the number of Hispanics of both White and Asian races.
HW_P is the number of Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HW_O is the number of Hispanics of both White and some other race.
HB_N is the number of Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races.
HB_A is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Asian races.
HB_P is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HB_O is the number of Hispanics of both Black and some other race.
HN_A is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races.
HN_P is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HN_O is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race.
HA_P is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races.
HA_O is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and some other race.
HP_O is the number of Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race.
HPL3 is the number of Hispanics of three or more races.

Voting Age Population:
TOTP18 is the total voting age population.

Non-Hispanics:
NHWH18 is the number of non-Hispanic Whites of voting age (single-race only).
NHBL18 is the number of non-Hispanic Blacks of voting age (single-race only).
NHNT18 is the number of non-Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives of voting age (single-race only).
NHAS18 is the number of non-Hispanic Asians of voting age (single-race only).
NHPC18 is the number of non-Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders of voting age (single-race only).
NHOT18 is the number of non-Hispanics of any other race of voting age (single-race only).
NHW_B18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Black races of voting age.
NHW_N18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
NHW_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Asian races of voting age.
NHW_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHW_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both White and some other race of voting age.
NHB_N18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
NHB_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Asian races of voting age.
NHB_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHB_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Black and some other race of voting age.
NHN_A18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races of voting age.
NHN_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHN_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race of voting age.
NHA_P18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
NHA_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Asian and some other race of voting age.
NHP_O18 is the number of non-Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race of voting age.
NHPL318 is the number of non-Hispanics of three or more races of voting age.

Hispanics:
HWH18 is the number of Hispanic Whites of voting age (single-race only).
HBL18 is the number of Hispanic Blacks of voting age (single-race only).
HNT18 is the number of Hispanic American Indians and Alaska Natives of voting age (single-race only).
HAS18 is the number of Hispanic Asians of voting age (single-race only).
HPC18 is the number of Hispanic Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders of voting age (single-race only).
HOT18 is the number of Hispanics of any other race of voting age (single-race only).
HW_B18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Black races of voting age.
HW_N18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
HW_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Asian races of voting age.
HW_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HW_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both White and some other race of voting age.
HB_N18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native races of voting age.
HB_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Asian races of voting age.
HB_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HB_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Black and some other race of voting age.
HN_A18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian races of voting age.
HN_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HN_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both American Indian/Alaskan Native and another race of voting age.
HA_P18 is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander races of voting age.
HA_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Asian and some other race of voting age.
HP_O18 is the number of Hispanics of both Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander and some other race of voting age.
HPL318 is the number of Hispanics of three or more races of voting age.
